Seal Otter Dart with a Detachable Barbed Ivory Point
Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Wood, bone, feathers, sinew and thread
Overall: 34 13/16 × 7/16 in. (88.5 × 1.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9615
Geography
Place Made: Kodiak Island, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Deborah Nichols, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2013
ANTH 12.11, NAS 30, Arctic Crossroads: Its Peoples, Cultures, and History, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2015
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Kodiak Island, Alaska, 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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